History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c36.s4.7

v3.c36.s4.7

Another success of this period was the acknowledgment of Mughal suzerainty by TIBET.* In 1665 the Mughal governor of Kashmir sent to the ruler of Tibet a mission with a letter from Aurangzib threatening invasion unless he agreed to introduce "the marks of Islam" into his country and publicly profess obedience to the empire. The chief submitted in fear, advanced six miles from his capital to honour the imperial letter on the way, and promised obedience to it. The two demands were carried out; the first by the building of a mosque and the chanting of the call to prayer in a land where they had been unknown before, and the second by the public proclamation of the Emperor's titles and the minting of gold and silver coins bearing his name at the Tibetan capital.* The embassy was honourably sent back with a loyal reply, a golden key emblematic of the surrender of the whole country, and a thousand muhars and two thousand Rupees stamped with Aurangzib's name, as well as some rare products of the country, for presentation to the Emperor.